Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:04am on 19 Mar 2025,Wednesday Science
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore safely returned to Earth after 286 days aboard the ISS. Their SpaceX Dragon Freedom capsule splashed down off Florida’s coast at 5:57 PM ET Tuesday (3:27 AM IST Wednesday). Initially set for an 8-day mission in June 2024, they remained stranded due to Boeing’s Starliner propulsion issues. SpaceX and NASA coordinated their rescue, with political claims emerging over the mission’s success. Williams, on her third spaceflight, now has 608 cumulative days in space. The astronauts will undergo a 45-day rehabilitation program after orbiting Earth 4,576 times and traveling 121 million miles.
